Finland is number two in Rockabilly!!

littlebit offtopic, but I was just messing around with google`s Adword tools and I found out. That Finland is number two in whole planet in searching Rockabilly! Thats pretty cool if we consider that Finland doesn`t have so many people (only 5 - 6 millions).

But ofcourse sweden took again the longer straw on this...! They are number one. Maybe because they have over 9 million people living there. Actually 5% of them are Finns; who are probably just searching rockabilly in Sweden (just kiddin`).

But hey, overall it means that Nordic countries can really ROCK!

1964 Plymouth Valiant V-100

Here is painting I made like 1 month ago or something. 1964 Plymouth Valiant.. I was looking prices of them from internet and I got really motivated to paint one. My first american car ever was -65 Valiant, so I had to paint its older sister :)

225 Slantsix !! really famous engine for its durability. You just cant brake em. I think they are pretty economy too. Allmost fits to my student budget.

1959 Buick Electra Convertible

More cool convertibles from GM. 1959 Buick! Really awsome car with "aerodynamic" delta fin!! This Fin era only lasted few years (maybe because it was really hard to park with fins blocking your view) but these fin cars (especially from General Motors) are my favorites. Maybe thats why I mostly paint em :)

I really wanted to try make some story on background. I was too lazy (not skilful enought) to paint people there also.
Maybe next time something different. Maybe time to try some fifties pinup paintings.

Ps. Here is cool fifties doo wop song about buick 59 :D

1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

Today I painted this one of the most legendary car ever made! (Atleast for me).
Only 1 320 of them made which makes it really wanted car for collectors. What Im been looking at ebay prices of these beauties are 80 000$ and more! Even really junky project 1959 Biarritz convertible are priced over 10 000 - 15 000$ or even more.

Im actually glad I prefer the De Ville (6300 series) model more. I think Biarritz has too much chrome stuff for my taste. I also prefer 1960 year model to be the most beatiful Cadillac ever made. Which is even better, because everybody seems to be wanting the legendary fifty nine Cadillac!

I made this with freeware software called OpenCanvas 1.1
Doesnt really have useful layers in this software (it has layers, but I have no idea how it works and I think no one else does either!). I really love this software how the brush is working. I have tryed to emulate this really basic round brush to Photoshop but I never got the same soft feeling into it. Also this OpenCanvas 1.1 is just lightwave to use. Also you can review your painting process with OpenCanvas which is really nice feature. You can learn from other people paintings by getting their project files. Painting took about 1h 30mins.

Later on I will try to upload the process of this painting to Youtube!

1961 Chevrolet Impala bubbletop

I think this bubbletop design lasted only one year, 1961. One of the coolest coupe designs on these classics. But I still prefer the flat tops! (1959 - 1960 only). Im not sure, what I heard there might be also buick with this kind of bubble top roof. Somebody correct me if im wrong!

Time consumed about 1h. It has biscaynes chromes but Impalas backlights. I forgot to paint the crome lists :P